Task 3
In questions 3 and 4, choose the sentence that would work better as a thesis statement for a two-to-five-page college paper. Remember that a thesis should be a central idea that requires supporting evidence; it should be of adequate scope for a two-to-five-page paper; and it should be sharply focused.
Discuss your answers in small groups.
Question 3:
a. The Sex Pistols were popular with young English audiences, and the singer and lyricist Johnny Rotten was very important to their success.
b. The Sex Pistols could not have succeeded without singer and lyricist Johnny Rotten, who provided the stage presence, poetry, and authentic working-class rage that galvanized the group’s young English audiences.
Question 4:
a. Because it has become outdated, the electoral college should be replaced by a system that allows the US president to be elected by direct popular vote.
b. Rather than voting for a presidential candidate, voters in a US presidential election merely choose their state’s Electoral College representatives, who actually vote for the president; in most states, all of the electoral votes go to the candidate who wins the popular vote in that state, no matter how close the outcome.
